Peter Connelly

Peter Connelly was a union organizer for the Teamsters. The nephew of future Teamsters president Frank Fitzsimmons, Connelly testified against Jimmy Hoffa during the 1960s, resulting in his 1967 imprisonment.

Biography
Peter Connelly was born in Detroit, Michigan to a family of Irish descent, and he was the nephew of Frank Fitzsimmons. Like his uncle, he became a union organizer for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and he met Jimmy Hoffa on several occasions. Connelly attended the funeral of those killed in the 1942 Railroad Transport Agency strike with Hoffa (making a sandwich for Hoffa's wife at Hoffa's request), helped Bobby Ciaro with delivering a severed penis to a hostile Detroit journalist, and went hunting with Hoffa, Ciaro, his uncle, and mobster Carol D'Allesandro. In 1964, with the federal government cracking down on Hoffa, Connelly broke under pressure and decided to turn states against Hoffa and Ciaro. He gave up information on the Teamsters' involvement with the Mafia and showed the prosecution his hunting license, which Hoffa had used to sketch out his plans for a pension fund scheme. Connelly's testimony led to Hoffa and Ciaro going to prison, and Hoffa did not blame Fitzsimmons for his nephew's actions.